The European Union s humanitarian aid is intended to provide assistance, relief and protection to people in third countries that are victims of natural or man-made disasters, including complex emergencies, in order to meet the humanitarian needs resulting from these different situations. It is guided by international law and the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence;
The European Union. The European Union is a Regional Economic Integration Organization. It is not bound by the 1929 Warsaw Convention,169 but it is Party to the 1999 Montreal Convention.170 Article 53 of said treaty indeed authorizes Regional Economic Integration Organizations such as the European Union to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to it. The European Union may therefore be considered as a ‘State Party’ to the 1999 Montreal Convention, with the exception of Articles 1(2); 3(1)(b); 5(b); 23; 24; 33; 46 and 57(b). The instru- ment of approval submitted to the ICAO by the European Community, which became the European Union from 1 December 2009, contained a declaration regarding the competence of the European Community with respect to certain matters governed by the 1999 Montreal Convention.171 The European legislator extended the scope of application of the 1999 Montreal Convention, normally limited by its Article 1 to ‘international carriage’, to flights operated inside the territory of a European Member State and set out that the liability of a Community air carrier for passengers
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The European Union. Although the environmental law of the EU had progressively developed since the mid-sixties, it took several years of active environmental leg- islating before procedural rules benefiting the public became the norm in environmental deci- sion-making and right of the public to access en- vironmental information was assured.43 Some of many entities had contributed to. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, ‘A New Classic in Climate Change Litigation: The Dutch Supreme Court Decision in the Urgenda Case’ (EJIL: Talk!, 6 January 2020) <https:// xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/x-xxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx- tion-the-dutch-supreme-court-decision-in-the-urgenda- case/> accessed 26 March 2021.
The European Union. The Government and social partners agree on the need to combine policies that ensure the sustainability of the public accounts with policies to boost economic activity and productive investment that can contribute to the growth of the economy and create jobs, guarantee adequate social protection, make progress in the fight against social exclusion, while providing a high level of education and training. We thus agree on the need to boost the adoption of formulas and solutions in the renewed European institutions to make the process of fiscal consolidation compatible with policies of growth, boost economic and social progress for all European citizens and help create stable, quality employment. To make progress along this path within the framework of the Community institutions, we consider it necessary to strengthen the process of ongoing dialogue between the European Council, the Council, the Commission, Parliament and the social partners, in particular with respect to the direction to be taken with the objectives of the European Semester. At the same time dialogue and participation by the social partners will be boosted as part of the preparation of the National Reform Programme, at a national level. In addition, it is necessary to deal with the reality of migratory movements to Europe as part of a common strategy of regulation of flows, cooperation with the countries of origin and a shared responsibility for the EU borders, all based on a firm commitment to respect for human rights. Within this context, the Government and Social Partners agree the following: Together with the social partners, the Government undertakes to boost social dialogue in the EU on a permanent basis; and in the current framework of objectives for the European Semester, to promote European policies that support the economy and productive investment to create jobs and guarantee adequate social protection.
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The European Union. The Contracting Authority will request an EU VAT Exemption Certificate for this Contract (to be duly certified by the Tax Authorities of The Netherlands in accordance with Directive 2006/112/EC Article 151 and Directive 2008/118/EC Article 13), which shall be issued to the Contractor. The Contractor shall issue all invoices against this Contract exclusive of VAT.
The European Union. The Czech Republic will promote a self-confident, active and readable policy. In the Neighbourhood Policy and external relations, we support the further enlargement of the EU, provided that the existing admission criteria are retained. From a regional perspective, priorities are South-eastern Europe and the states of the Eastern Partnership. During discussions on the new EU fiscal period for the 2014–2020 period, we will promote keeping the EU budget at 1.0% of EU GDP. Other important objectives will be the equalization of conditions for farmers from old and new Member States and support for the development of competitiveness and efficiency in the agricultural sector. We are opposed to the covert agricultural aid of certain EU countries, whose aid and pro-export policies are damaging to Czech producers. For this fiscal period, we will promote a reduction in EU spending on the Common Agricultural Policy. For more efficient utilization of EU subsidies, we will push for a radical reduction in the number of operational programmes. In further talks on the closer coordination of economic policy, we will ensure the consistent application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The approval of national budgets must remain in the exclusive competence of the national parliaments of Member States, any penalties for violations of the Stability and Growth Pact must be applicable to all Member States without discrimination and must be enforceable. The Coalition Government of the Czech Republic will seek to continue the liberalization of services in the EU and to remove remaining barriers to the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital. We express our support of structural reforms, an improved business and investment climate, a reduced administrative burden, increased labour market flexibility and the elimination of unnecessary European regulation. In this respect, the Czech Republic will support proposals aimed at the better and more effective functioning of the internal market. The Coalition parties will press for ratification of Protocol No 30 (the Czech Exemption) in conjunction with the ratification of the next accession agreement. In case of fundamental institutional changes within the European Union requiring the amendment of primary law, the transfer of further powers from the Czech Republic to the EU will be subject to a referendum. With regard to the changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty, the Coalition Government is committed to...
The European Union. In spite of the heterogeneity in legislation of the Member States the European Union seems to play an important role in the rule of law at an international level, and also with regard to raising ethical concerns.15Withinthe context of the European Union, we will analyze the regulatory framework of some selected countries and we will highlight their differences. We should underline that the legal architecture and the legal tradition in each country/state provides for different regulatory layers. The membership of a state in a supranational organization like the EU has also implications on the applied regulations sinceEU legislation supersedes national legislation. However, specific competencies that the EU holds and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality affect the legal framework and the hierarchy between national and European legislation.16 The European legal landscape exemplifies different regulatory and cultural norms as these are evident from the comparison of the legislation in Member States. There are several discrepancies noted in national legislations and oversight bodies. Recognizing heterogeneity and pluralism, the institutions of the European Union formulate opinions and recommendations in order to emphasize the importance of safeguarding human dignity, without, however, regulating how and to what extent research should be conducted. This decision concerns the Member Xxxxxx.Xxxx we provide some highlights on different countries, which have dominated the results of our survey, that show the discrepancies in national legislations in relation to hESC research, cloning, gene editing and definition of embryo.
15 X. Xxxxxxx, X. Xxxxxxxxx, X. Xxxxx, X. Xxxxxx, X. Xxxx, X. Xxxxx, X. Xxxxxxxx. (2009). The changing landscape of European and international regulation on embryonic stem cell research, Stem Cell Research, Volume 2, Issue 2,p.102. 16xxxxx://xx.xxxxxx.xx/health/policies/overview_en Austria: The ESC research in Austria is regulated bythe Reproductive Medicine Act 2004.17 The Austrian law does not contain a precise definition of an embryo but states that ‘’Fertilized oocytes and cells derived from them shall be considered viable cells.’’18Austriaprohibits ESC research and cloning. Under the Reproductive Medicine Act 2004, the procurement of cells from a human embryo for research purposes is prohibited. And also “embryos cannot be used for any purpose other than for assisted reproduction”.19 In Austria, gene editing is governed by the G...
The European Union. Britain and Ireland had already joined the European Union in 1973 at the same time, but the European Union was not directly involved in the negotiations during the peace process in Northern Ireland. As a matter of fact, as Adams claimed in his book „Hope and History‟, “the countries of the European Union saw the conflict in Ireland as an internal matter for the British government.” (Adams, 2004, p. 153). On the economic side, the European Union, since 1991, through its INTERREG Programme/Northern Ireland-Ireland-Scotland (UK-Ireland), has brought in approximately 1.13 billion Euros into the region. This funding has been used to finance thousands of projects that support strategic cross-border co-operation in 10 An Irish republican organization in the US in the late 19th and 20th centuries, successor to the Fenian Brotherhood and a sister organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. order to create a more prosperous and sustainable region prioritising issues ranging from access to transport, health and social care services, environmental issues and enterprise development (INTERREG-EU, 2024). The EU has also supported through its Peace Fund, the peace dividend arising from the Good Friday Agreement by facilitating socioeconomic interaction, solidarity and reconciliation. The Peace Fund allocated 500 million Euros to PEACE I (1995- 1999), with an additional 167 million Euros contributed by the British and Irish governments; 531 million Euros to PEACE II (2000-2006), with both governments allocating an additional 304 million Euros for peacebuilding projects; 225 million Euros to PEACE III (2007-2013), with the European Structural and Investment Funds allocating 108 million Euros additionally to peacebuilding Civil Society Organizations; 270 million Euros for PEACE IV (2014-2020) with British and Irish governments contributing an additional amount of 41 million Euros, and the Regional Development Fund providing 229 million Euros as well (Byrne, 2024, pp. 40-41). In the following period, the Commission has adopted the PEACE PLUS, a new cross-border EU programme to strengthen peace and reconciliation and cross-border cooperation between Ireland and Northern Ireland. It combines the previous INTERREG and PEACE funding strands into a new programme for the 2021-2027 EU period. The Commission will be investing 235 million Euros from the European Territorial Cooperation allocation of the European Regional Development Fund (EU Commission, 2022). Together with the ...
